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or a benefit?Hippias
It is made, I think, with benefit in view, but sometimes, if the law is badly made, it is injurious.Socrates
Well, then, is it not true that those who make the law make it as the greatest good to the state, and that without this it is impossible to enjoy good government?Hippias
What you say is true.Socrates
Then, when those who make the laws miss the good, they have missed the lawful and the law; or what do you say?
It is made, I think, with benefit in view, but sometimes, if the law is badly made, it is injurious.Socrates
Well, then, is it not true that those who make the law make it as the greatest good to the state, and that without this it is impossible to enjoy good government?Hippias
What you say is true.Socrates
Then, when those who make the laws miss the good, they have missed the lawful and the law; or what do you say?